John Lambert, Parliamentary Soldier and Cromwellian Major-General, 1619-1684

by David Farr

A biography of one of the most prominent soldiers in the New Model Army, who made Cromwell Lord Protector but stopped him becoming king.

John Lambert's life and career have long deserved this revealing study. The man who made Cromwell Lord Protector in 1653 also stopped him becoming king in 1657; and Lambert was the originator of the Instrument of Government, on which Cromwell's Protectorate was based. Committed to his deeply held, radical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843830043
• ISBN13: 9781843830047
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.6"